Plant Tolerance to Environmental Stress Role of Phytoprotectants

Global climate change affects crop production through altered weather patterns and increased environmental stresses. Such stresses include soil salinity, drought, flooding, metal/metalloid toxicity, pollution, and extreme temperatures. The variability of these environmental conditions pared with the sessile lifestyle of plants contribute to high exposure to these stress factors. Increasing tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses is needed to fulfill increased food needs of the population. This book focuses on methods of improving plants tolerance to abiotic stresses. It provides information on how protective agents, including exogenous phytoprotectants, can mitigate abiotic stressors affecting plants. The application of various phytoprotectants has become one of the most effective approaches in enhancing the tolerance of plants to these stresses. Phytoprotectants are discussed in detail including information on osmoprotectants, antioxidants, phytohormones, nitric oxide, polyamines, amino acids, and nutrient elements of plants. Providing a valuable resource of information on phytoprotectants, this book is useful in diverse areas of life sciences including agronomy, plant physiology, cell biology, environmental sciences, and biotechnology.

Contents Preface.........................................................................................................................................................................ix About the Editors........................................................................................................................................................xi List of Contributors.................................................................................................................................................. xiii Chapter 1 Impacts of Abiotic Stresses on Growth and Development of Plants.......................................................1 Muhammad Fasih Khalid, Sajjad Hussain, Shakeel Ahmad, Shaghef Ejaz, Iqra Zakir, Muhammad Arif Ali, Niaz Ahmed, and Muhammad Akbar Anjum Chapter 2 Influence of Phytoprotectants on Abiotic Stress Signaling in Plants......................................................9 Rabia Amir, Tooba Iqbal, Maryam Khan, Faiza Munir, and Rumana Keyani Chapter 3 Effect of Seed Priming on Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants..............................................................29 V.K. Choudhary, Subhash Chander, C.R. Chethan, and Bhumesh Kumar Chapter 4 Application of Osmolytes in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plant...........................................47 Shaghef Ejaz, Sajjad Hussain, Muhammad Akbar Anjum, and Shakeel Ahmad Chapter 5 Proline – A Key Regulator Conferring Plant Tolerance to Salinity and Drought.................................59 Renu Khanna-Chopra, Vimal Kumar Semwal, Nita Lakra, and Ashwani Pareek Chapter 6 Phytohormones in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants......................................................... 81 Parminder Kaur, Poonam Yadav, Shagun Bali, Vandana Guatum, Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Dhriti Kapoor, Saroj Arora, Adarsh Pal Vig, Rajinder Kaur, and Renu Bhardwaj Chapter 7 Drought Tolerance in Plants: Role of Phytohormones and Scavenging System of ROS..................... 103 Shah Fahad, Abid Ullah, Usman Ali, Ehsan Ali, Shah Saud, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Hesham Alharby, Ayman EL Sabagh, Celaleddin Barutcular, Muhammad Kamran, Veysel Turan, Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Arif, and Amanullah Chapter 8 Strigolactones: Mediators of Abiotic Stress Response and Weakness in Parasite Attraction............. 115 Denitsa Teofanova, Mariela Odjakova, Nabil Abumhadi, and Lyuben Zagorchev Chapter 9 The Role of Non-enzymatic Antioxidants in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants..............129 Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Rizwan Rasheed, Muhammad Iqbal, Iqbal Hussain, and Muhammad Salman Mubarik Chapter 10 Nitric Oxide: A Regulator of Plant Signaling and Defense Against Abiotic Stress............................ 145 Hanan A. Hashem Chapter 11 Role of Exogenous Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide on Improvement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants.............................................................................................................................. 159 Ghader Habibi Chapter 12 Role of Amino Acids in Improving Abiotic Stress Tolerance to Plants.............................................. 175 Qasim Ali, Habib-ur-Rehman Athar, Muhammad Zulqurnain Haider, Sumreena Shahid, Nosheen Aslam, Faisal Shehzad, Jazia Naseem, Riffat Ashraf, Aqsa Ali, and Syed Murtaza Hussain Chapter 13 Role of Calcium in Conferring Abiotic Stress Tolerance....................................................................205 Muhammad Naeem, Misbah Amir, Hamid Manzoor, Sumaira Rasul, and Habib-ur-Rehman Athar Chapter 14 Sulfur Nutrition and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plant....................................................................... 219 Sukhmeen Kaur Kohli, Neha Handa, Parminder Kaur, Poonam Yadav, Vinod Kumar, Rajinder Kaur, Saroj Arora, Adarsh Pal Vig, and Renu Bhardwaj Chapter 15 Exogenous Silicon Increases Plant Tolerance to Unfavorable Environments......................................235 Tamara I. Balakhnina Chapter 16 Selenium-Induced Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants.........................................................................255 Zsuzsanna Kolbert, Reka Szollosi, and Gabor Feigl Chapter 17 Bio-Organic Fertilizer in Stress Mitigation in Plants..........................................................................277 Fatima Bibi and Noshin Ilyas Chapter 18 Application of Biochar for the Mitigation of Abiotic Stress-induced Damages in Plants...................285 Muhammad Riaz, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Qaiser Hussain, Shahbaz Ali Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Tauqeer, Tahira Yasmeen, Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Muhammad Arif Ali, Muhammad Iqbal, Sher Muhammad Shehzad, Samar Fatima, Afia Zia, Najam Abbas, Muhammad Siddique, and Muhammad Sajjad Haider Chapter 19 Exploring and Harnessing Plant Microbiomes for Abiotic Stress Tolerance and Yield Stability in Crop Plants..........................................................................................................................................305 Syed Sarfraz Hussain Chapter 20 Role of Beneficial Microorganisms in Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants..........................................327 Kanika Khanna, Ravdeep Kaur, Shagun Bali, Anket Sharma, Palak Bakshi, Poonam Saini, A.K Thukral, Puja Ohri, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Sikander Pal Choudhary, and Renu Bhardwaj Chapter 21 Enhancement of Temperature Stress Tolerance in Plants: Use of Multifaceted Bacteria and Phytoprotectants..................................................................................................................................349 Usha Chakraborty, Bishwanath Chakraborty, and Jayanwita Sarkar Chapter 22 Effect of Biostimulants on Plant Responses to Salt Stress..................................................................363 Jose Ramon Acosta-Motos, Pedro Diaz-Vivancos, Manuel Acosta, and Jose Antonio Hernandez Chapter 23 Enhancement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants by Probiotic Bacteria......................................... 381 Md. Mohibul Alam Khan, Patrick Michael Finnegan, Sajid Mahmood, Yasir Anwar, Saleh M. S. Al-Garni, Ahmed Bahieldin, and Md. Tofazzal Islam Chapter 24 The Long Road to Develop Novel Priming Products to Increase Crop Yield under Stressful Environments......................................................................................................................................403 Andres A. Borges, Estefania Carrillo-Perdomo, David Jimenez-Arias, Francisco J. Garcia- Machado, Francisco Valdes-Gonzalez, and Juan C. Luis Chapter 25 Role of Plant-Derived Smoke in Amelioration of Abiotic Stress in Plants......................................... 413 Sumera Shabir and Noshin Ilyas Chapter 26 Magnetopriming Alleviates Adverse Effects of Abiotic Stresses in Plants........................................427 Sunita Kataria and Meeta Jain Index........................................................................................................................................................................443

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